5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APISH

APISH is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪpɪʃ/

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an ape.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How APISH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APISH as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,719 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___H A in the 1st position and H in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE TILDE RONTE TRONE LEANT
Words starting with A Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APISH performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APISH ranks #2,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
12
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
365
172
117
106
89
76
68
55
53
49
49
48
41
33
33
31
29
27
24
21
21
20
19
19
18
17
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APISH:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

18.8% →
DROLE 5.90 bits
15.5% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
7.3% →
TILDE 5.17 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 5.36 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
LEANT 4.67 bits
3.2% →
BLORE 5.18 bits
2.9% →
PRUDE 4.88 bits
2.3% →
RONTE 5.23 bits
2.2% →
TRAIL 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for APISH; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

A1P3I1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.